Spiritual Progress Is Not Dogmatic

In essence, when we examine the different presentations by the different avatars or incarnations, we see the same direction. Spiritual life is progressive. People tend to think it’s like one dogmatic thing, but it’s not. It’s like education. We begin by making mud pies in kindergarten, and the teacher commends us, “Oh, that’s very good, you’re doing very nicely.” But if your students were to start making mud pies, you’d think, “What is this?” Because they have advanced.